UNDERRATED: 'The Fall'

UNDERRATED: 'The Fall'

BBC

: Tense and relentlessly dark, this BBC crime series is a recent bright spot in the wasteland of pre-"Breaking Bad" summer TV. Currently streaming on Netflix and set on the unfamiliar streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland, the show's grimly detailed case of a women-hunting serial killer isn't the stuff of backyard barbecues, but it's a step above most dramas this time of year, thanks in no small part to a welcome return to TV by Gillian Anderson in a lead turn that shines far beyond her investigative roots in "The X-Files."

: Tense and relentlessly dark, this BBC crime series is a recent bright spot in the wasteland of pre-"Breaking Bad" summer TV. Currently streaming on Netflix and set on the unfamiliar streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland, the show's grimly detailed case of a women-hunting serial killer isn't the stuff of backyard barbecues, but it's a step above most dramas this time of year, thanks in no small part to a welcome return to TV by Gillian Anderson in a lead turn that shines far beyond her investigative roots in "The X-Files." (BBC)

: Tense and relentlessly dark, this BBC crime series is a recent bright spot in the wasteland of pre-"Breaking Bad" summer TV. Currently streaming on Netflix and set on the unfamiliar streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland, the show's grimly detailed case of a women-hunting serial killer isn't the stuff of backyard barbecues, but it's a step above most dramas this time of year, thanks in no small part to a welcome return to TV by Gillian Anderson in a lead turn that shines far beyond her investigative roots in "The X-Files."